ArticleAmerican journal of public health2006
Health status and health service access and use among children in U.S. immigrant families.
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- A Three-Tiered Model for Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Immigrant-Origin Youth in Schools.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Review
- Predictors of Latinx Youth Health and Emotional Well-being: Social Determinants of Health Perspective.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- Association of Maternal Citizenship and State-Level Immigrant Policies With Health Insurance Coverage Among US-Born Latino Youths.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Using Electronic Health Record Data to Study Latino Immigrant Populations in Health Services Research.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Association of maternal characteristics with latino youth health insurance disparities in the United States: a generalized structural equation modeling approach.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Maternal Place of Birth, Socioeconomic Characteristics, and Child Health in US-Born Latinx Children in Boston.Academic pediatrics · 2020Article
- Effects of citizenship status, Latino ethnicity, and household language on health insurance coverage for U.S. adolescents, 2007-2016.Health services research · 2019Article
- Applying Trauma-Informed Practices to the Care of Refugee and Immigrant Youth: 10 Clinical Pearls.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Transcultural differences of psychologically traumatised children and adolescents.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the health status and patterns of health care use of children in US immigrant families.
methodsData from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families were used to create 3 subgroups of immigrant children: US-born children with noncitizen parents, foreign-born children who were naturalized US citizens, and foreign-born children with noncitizen parents. Chi-square and logistic regression analyses were used to examine relationships between immigrant status and health access variables. Subgroup analyses were conducted with low-income families.
resultsForeign-born noncitizen children were 4 times more likely than children from native families to lack health insurance coverage and to have not visited a mental health specialist in the preceding year. They were 40% and 80% more likely to have not visited a doctor or dentist in the previous year and twice as likely to lack a usual source of care. US-born children with noncitizen parents were also at a disadvantage in many of these aspects of care.
conclusionsWe found that, overall, children from immigrant families were in worse physical health than children from non-immigrant families and used health care services at a significantly lower frequency.
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